realjumper Posted July 5, 2006 Share Posted July 5, 2006 Hi,From a select query I get returned a single record, which is fine.....as below:[code]// Retrieve all the data from the table$result = mysql_query("SELECT question FROM kanji.sentence WHERE id = '$id'")// store the record of the table into $row $row = mysql_fetch_array( $result ); echo "$row[question]";[/code]Now, in the sentence table there are 6 possible answers to the question posed , and only one of them is correct. 'Item_1' is always the correct answer. What I want to do is to display the correct answer and 3 incorrect answers in a random order from which the user can choose. I can display four possible answers randomly as below.....[code] // Retrieve all the data from the table$result2 = mysql_query("SELECT Item_1,Item_2,Item_3,Item_4,Item_5,Item_6 FROM kanji.sentence WHERE sentence = $row[sentence] ORDER BY RAND() LIMIT 0,4")// store the record of the table into $row $row2 = mysql_fetch_array( $result ); [/code]...of course the above doesn't always return the correct answer (Item_1) with another 3 possible answers, it just returns a random 4 answers. How can I always return 'Item_1' plus any 3 of the remaining Items (Item_2, Item_3, Item_4, Item_5, Item_6) in a random order?Thanks. :) Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/13794-order-by-rand-limit-question/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
realjumper Posted July 5, 2006 Author Share Posted July 5, 2006 ::) What if in the first query I also pull 'Item_1' out along with 'question'....and then in the second query I pull out 'Item_2,Item_3,Item_4,Item_5,Item_6' order by rand() limit 0,3. Then I could put 'Item_1' and the other 3 items (from query 2) into an array and use 'shuffle()' to randomize the output!! Does that sound like a plan or does it sound silly!?!? Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/13794-order-by-rand-limit-question/#findComment-53633 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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